University Attended:
University of Mississippi, B.P.A., 1964
Law School Attended:
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1967
Year of First Admission:
1967
Admission:
1967, Mississippi; 1968, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court